Management of wooden foreign bodies in craniofacial region

Even though variety of foreign bodies has been reported in a various locations in the craniofacial region, wooden foreign bodies are uncommon. Appropriate management of wooden foreign bodies is considered essential because of their infectious complications and difficulty in radiographic localization...

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Main Authors: Kamaraj Loganathan, James P. Chacko, B.S. Saravanan, Bindu Vaithilingam
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-09-01
Series:Journal of Oral Biology and Craniofacial Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212426812000620
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B.S. Saravanan
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description Even though variety of foreign bodies has been reported in a various locations in the craniofacial region, wooden foreign bodies are uncommon. Appropriate management of wooden foreign bodies is considered essential because of their infectious complications and difficulty in radiographic localization. Even though literature is replete with articles on management of foreign bodies in the craniofacial region, specific management of wooden foreign bodies are rarely reported. The purpose of this article is to report two cases of deeply placed wooden foreign body and a protocol for managing them in the maxillofacial region.
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spelling doaj-art-e9e17dc30dd3458f997af636178464c12025-08-20T02:50:26ZengElsevierJournal of Oral Biology and Craniofacial Research2212-42682012-09-012321021210.1016/j.jobcr.2012.10.011Management of wooden foreign bodies in craniofacial regionKamaraj Loganathan0James P. Chacko1B.S. Saravanan2Bindu Vaithilingam3Associate Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Penang International Dental College (Vinayaka Missions University), Salem, Tamil Nadu, India; Corresponding author. Tel.: +60 125616517, +60 43325050 (work), 0091 984089119 (mobile); fax: +60 43337070.Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Penang International Dental College (Vinayaka Missions University), Butterworth, Penang, MalaysiaSenior Lecturer, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Vinayaka Missions University, Salem, Tamil Nadu, IndiaSenior Lecturer, Penang International Dental College (Vinayaka Missions University), Salem, Tamil Nadu, IndiaEven though variety of foreign bodies has been reported in a various locations in the craniofacial region, wooden foreign bodies are uncommon. Appropriate management of wooden foreign bodies is considered essential because of their infectious complications and difficulty in radiographic localization. Even though literature is replete with articles on management of foreign bodies in the craniofacial region, specific management of wooden foreign bodies are rarely reported. The purpose of this article is to report two cases of deeply placed wooden foreign body and a protocol for managing them in the maxillofacial region.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212426812000620Wooden foreign bodyFacial TraumaComputed tomography
spellingShingle Kamaraj Loganathan
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Management of wooden foreign bodies in craniofacial region
Journal of Oral Biology and Craniofacial Research
Wooden foreign body
Facial Trauma
Computed tomography
title Management of wooden foreign bodies in craniofacial region
title_full Management of wooden foreign bodies in craniofacial region
title_fullStr Management of wooden foreign bodies in craniofacial region
title_full_unstemmed Management of wooden foreign bodies in craniofacial region
title_short Management of wooden foreign bodies in craniofacial region
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topic Wooden foreign body
Facial Trauma
Computed tomography
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